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Thus the Civil Lawyer is wholly unused to the use of a series of well-planned rapier-like questions which may be deployed like a battery of artillery to box in a crucial witness and there flounders like, well, a flounder.
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You can make a rapier-like or wand-like Winchester, but the Remington will always have a fat belly.
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The Ravi Zacharias-style "I can argue an athiest into submission with my rapier-like logic in seconds" is pathetic and infuriating.
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made Up James F. McGrath 2009
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It is, if one thinks about it, a rapier-like phrase that can be used at every turn.
Referendum News 2007
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Thus the Civil Lawyer is wholly unused to the use of a series of well-planned rapier-like questions which may be deployed like a battery of artillery to box in a crucial witness and there flounders like, well, a flounder.
Archive 2007-09-23 2007
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Rush is already fighting back — gleefully, articulately, with his trademark rapier-like wit, mockery, and humor.
Dems attacking Rush - trying to rob gun stores - E_Pluribus_Unum’s blog - RedState 2009
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Master of Ceremonies: Rep. Michelle Bachmann (MN) (Get set for some rapier-like Christofascist wit)
CPAC: Just How Different Was This Hate Fair From a Palin Rally? 2009
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I thought my rapier-like analysis was going to bring you to your knees ...
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The key to survival in these here parts is to chuckle along uncomfortably and silently when the rapier-like wit touches a nerve.
Laissez-Fairing: Rules vs. Aerodynamics BikeSnobNYC 2009
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It is, if one thinks about it, a rapier-like phrase that can be used at every turn.
Archive 2007-07-22 2007
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